Smadar

Mrs Smadar Prager

Psychotherapist

“An experienced (1998) compassionate warm relationship expert psychotherapist, working with families, couples & individuals on parenting, relationship and intimacy issues.”

About Me

As an experienced psychotherapist since 1998, I offer a warm, compassionate approach to relationships. I help individuals, couples, and families navigate parenting, relationship, and intimacy challenges. Our sessions provide a safe space to openly explore communication patterns. If you seek to understand relational dynamics and foster healthier bonds, my supportive, experienced guidance can be a good match.

Approach

Guided by a focus on repairing and strengthening relationships, I structure sessions around gentle curiosity and practical skill-building. In Valley Stream or through secure online sessions in English or Hebrew, we move at a steady, collaborative pace—balancing short talk, focused exercises and attention to how feelings show up in the body. Between sessions you’ll often try small experiments to shift patterns in parenting, intimacy or family life, then we reflect and adjust. People looking for clear, compassionate, hands‑on support tend to find this helpful.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

Services Offered:

  • Advocacy

    Services that help individuals navigate healthcare, education, or social systems to ensure their mental health needs are recognised and met.

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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • Psychotherapy

    In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.

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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Support Groups

    Facilitated groups of people with shared experiences who meet regularly to listen, share, and support one another.

Works With:

  • Adults
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Groups
  • Individuals
  • Parents

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Body Image

    How a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their physical appearance. When persistently negative, it can drive distress, avoidance, and disordered eating.

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  • Eating Disorders

    A group of conditions, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, involving disturbed eating behaviours and a distorted relationship with food and body image.

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  • Family Issues

    Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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  • Parenting Support

    Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.

  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Sexual Issues

    Difficulties related to sexual functioning, desire, identity, or behaviour that cause distress or interfere with relationships.

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Professional Title:

  • Psychotherapist

    A professional trained to provide in-depth therapy that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting change.

Credentials

Registrations

Ministry of Education

Psychotherapist

Qualifications

Alfred Adlet Inatitue in Israel

Service Areas

Smadar Prager, Sane Way Inc.

In-person & Online

North Woodmere

Valley Stream, New York

United States